lofer

See also: Lofer

English

Etymology

See loafer (“wolf”).

Noun

lofer (plural lofers)

1. Alternative form of loafer (“timber wolf”).
   • 1921, Zane Grey, To The Last Man:

     He's part lofer, Jean. His mother was a favorite shepherd dog of mine. His father was a big timber wolf that took us two years to kill.

Anagrams

• Rolfe, forel

French

Etymology

From lof +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔ.fe/

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Verb

lofer

1. (intransitive, nautical) to luff
2. (intransitive, nautical) to luff up, bear up

Conjugation

Conjugation of lofer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	lofer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	lofant /lɔ.fɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		lofé /lɔ.fe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	lofe /lɔf/	lofes /lɔf/	lofe /lɔf/	lofons /lɔ.fɔ̃/	lofez /lɔ.fe/	lofent /lɔf/
	imperfect	lofais /lɔ.fɛ/	lofais /lɔ.fɛ/	lofait /lɔ.fɛ/	lofions /lɔ.fjɔ̃/	lofiez /lɔ.fje/	lofaient /lɔ.fɛ/
	past historic2	lofai /lɔ.fe/	lofas /lɔ.fa/	lofa /lɔ.fa/	lofâmes /lɔ.fam/	lofâtes /lɔ.fat/	lofèrent /lɔ.fɛʁ/
	future	loferai /lɔ.fʁe/	loferas /lɔ.fʁa/	lofera /lɔ.fʁa/	loferons /lɔ.fʁɔ̃/	loferez /lɔ.fʁe/	loferont /lɔ.fʁɔ̃/
	conditional	loferais /lɔ.fʁɛ/	loferais /lɔ.fʁɛ/	loferait /lɔ.fʁɛ/	loferions /lɔ.fə.ʁjɔ̃/	loferiez /lɔ.fə.ʁje/	loferaient /lɔ.fʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	lofe /lɔf/	lofes /lɔf/	lofe /lɔf/	lofions /lɔ.fjɔ̃/	lofiez /lɔ.fje/	lofent /lɔf/
	imperfect2	lofasse /lɔ.fas/	lofasses /lɔ.fas/	lofât /lɔ.fa/	lofassions /lɔ.fa.sjɔ̃/	lofassiez /lɔ.fa.sje/	lofassent /lɔ.fas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	lofe /lɔf/	—	lofons /lɔ.fɔ̃/	lofez /lɔ.fe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “lofer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.